A recent order issued by the judge presiding over the Whitey Bulger case suggests that the trial, set to begin on June 6, promises to move at a snail’s pace. U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns has announced that ...

The U.S. Department of Justice recently released the figures on revenue collected by U.S. attorney’s offices resulting from criminal and civil actions in FY 2012. Massachusetts accounted for a large portion of the tally, even eclipsing the national total collected ...

Last night I gave an interview on Channel 5 about the hung jury in the Tim Cahill trial in Suffolk Superior Court. Unfortunately, I had some difficulty hearing the questions in my ear piece. The last question I was asked ...

For lawyers in Massachusetts, the New Year will mean resolving to put their client fee agreements in writing. With the adoption of a new version of Rule 1.5 of the Rules of Professional Conduct, the state will join 10 other ...

A 60-year-old woman had a long history of multiple sclerosis and was confined to a wheelchair. She lived alone and required assistance in the morning and evening. After the woman complained of gastrointestinal discomfort, the ambulance attendant attempted to transfer ...

The plaintiff, 62, was a municipal employee who had worked for many years as a school bus driver for young special-needs children. While operating a 19-passenger school bus in October 2007 and traveling through an intersection, the front left side ...

Where a judge at the conclusion of a jury-waived trial awarded compensatory damages of $140,000 to the plaintiffs as trustees of a condominium trust as the remedy for negligent construction of elements of a condominium building by the defendant, the judgment must be modified to include an additional award to the plaintiffs in the amount of $64,000 for harm to common area masonry.